Out to own today
Need for Speed
 | “It’s not luck; he’s patient,” Joe Peck (Ramon Rodriguez) NEED FOR SPEED exists in a world so ludicrous and devoid of common sense, one has to wonder whether the movie is set in a parallel universe. Had they gone all KILL BILL, where Uma Thurman’s Bride takes plane journeys where samurai swords are normal carry-on luggage, and gone completely over the top, the end result might have been a nutty joy. (See for example the ridiculously underrated SPEED RACER). However, NEED FOR SPEED exists in a weird hinterland of manic carnage and unsatisfying, clunkily conveyed unemotional moments. [To read more, click here.] |
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The Stag
 | “This little single-celled organism is getting married to my sister,” The Machine (Peter McDonald) to Fionnan (Hugh O'Conor) One does not like to put the boot into movies, but THE STAG is epically terrible. Every gag and "emotional" beat is signposted. Please can we have a moratorium on witless, sentimental pre-matrimonial tediosity? Joining A FEW BEST MEN as yet another sub-sub-HANGOVER, the latter has spawned a monster: The unfunny bachelor party genre. [To read more, click here.] |
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Visitors
 | “[Normally, one likes to begin with a quote from the film being discussed, but there are no words uttered or written, bar the title, VISITORS.]” Godrey Reggio, monk turned experimental film director (what a curriculum vitae!), famous for the ‘Qatsi trilogy’ (KOYAANISQATSI, POWAQQATSI, NAQOYQATSI), has returned with another visually resplendent and surreal work. As beguiling as his celebrated arthouse trilogy is, there is a sadly valid pessimism that pervades the three films – humankind’s relationship to nature and technology is out of balance. Not retreading old ground, Reggio and his team now look at facades – those of people, man-made structures, animals and trees. To reveal something hidden, the camera attempts to penetrate the surface, to unfortunately middling effect. [To read more, click here.] |
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